The Stage 7 of the moon phase with Capricorn rising hop scotch traffic light level of Covid response happiness is in effect and no one really knows what the fuck is going on.
The complexities required of moving from ‘Jacinda & Grant will save you, stay home’ has moved to 6 pieces of information for essential workers to navigate during an Omicron Pandemic that shuts down supply chains to get a RAT test so they can go back to work quicker and sicker.
While juggling kittens and chainsaws.
The Second Stage of Omicron is ‘You’re on your own kids, see everyone who survives on the other side, don’t forget to vote Labour’.
Now we find out what 30 years of the neoliberal experiment has left us with, can the free market amputation of the State protect us or has it all been one giant ideological Frankenstein experiment that has left us with a grotesquely underfunded State too anaemic to protect its people?
Let’s find out over the coming months as the State shrugs in the face of an Omicron Tsunami and says, ‘goodluck’.
After this has hit and passed and destroyed lives, let’s ask why we don’t fund a bigger State with a more progressive tax system eh?
Brace for impact comrades.
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Another additional Crisis to add, manufactured by team Latte!
Where were they educated and where did they work before entering politics?
Oh, they did neither of these. They’ve been career pollys and groomed as such.
That explains their incompetence and inability to deal with all of the Crisis on their hands.
They have no sense of the importance and the severity or the consequence of their poorly thought out plans.
Seriously. It really is time for an early election before more people die from this governments incompetence.
Yes they are a scary bunch that need to leave before they completely destroy NZ.
Bahahahahaha!!!!!
wot jeremy, so nats/act can finish the job?
Exactly right Denny.
There was a time when MP candidates were selected within communities. They chose mature people, often with professional or leadership experience and a track record of getting things done.
Now we have uni students joining a political party and finding themselves on a party list because they sing the right song and look pretty. These people have empty CVs. The classic example is our current Prime Minister. Before getting this role, she’d never held a ministerial warrant, never produced a private members bill, had never run a business, had a no professional experience or even earned a wage. And it certainly shows.
‘professional politicians’ are a real problem…limited number of terms may help, politics in an age without ideology is just a corporate greasy pole, it attracts the same kind of mediocrities that populate middle management.
Yep, two years of lockdowns and mandates and when the going is about to get the toughest it’s been by way of infections and hospitalisations, the govt basically say’s “every man women and child, you are on your own … oh and we haven’t got RATS for everyone, so if you’re asymptomatic and you kill granny…sorry bout that”.
Good luck everyone!
toughest? It’s omricron its infectious but mild 🙂
Don’t you listen to Jacinda? We need at least 3 shots to be safe from OMIOMICRON
BE SCARED! BE SCARED!
How many cases in NZ right now? Couple of Thousand. How many in ICU? None
More than a couple of thousand.
If looking at active cases – over 10K.
Although 0/2000 is same as 0/10000!
There has been the odd ICU case most days, but its still a very small number.
56 in ozzy it’s just a matter of time…how many cases can your local ozzy hold??
What about those with 3 shots that get Omicron? Are they safe? Do they get their money back from Jacinda who said you’d be safe with three shots.
oh do give it rest cabbage, your point is so feeble it’s not worth refuting
@ Glenn? An American friend of mine said fully vaccinated and boostered Americans. were considering lobbying leaders to start dropping Ivermectin, or diluted bleach or Glen 10 on Trump rallies to try and vaccinate them all by stealth. we here at the (CRS) Cranmer Residents Society think, it’s another darned QAnon conspiracy,
But, if it does work on MAGA Trumpers in the US, then it’s maybe worth a try here in Cranmer Square and up in Wellington. We are certainly getting annoyed here in Christchurch with the 24/7 Density Church lot setting up tents in Cranmer Square. One tent-dweller asked one of my neighbours, if they could ‘borrow her toilet’, but she gave them an unequivocal “No, because it was bolted to the floor in the bathroom!”
They are chanting “We don’t want a ‘stupid vaccine!(sic.)”, here and it echoes around the hallowed residential homes in Cranmer Square. If the Labour Party and its allies in Greens and National, can can get some vaccine into helicopters above Cranmer Square, then it could be worth a try, to spray “stupid vaccine” over these grubby individuals in Cranmer Square.
However, I think no matter what dosage of stupid vaccine, is sprayed from helicopters, it could not fix the feral fringes of Density Church’s problems with a “stupid” vaccine.
And Density Church cannot keep annoying the establishment too much, before it cuts off more of their tax-exempt status. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127784607/destiny-church-charities-removed-from-register-for-failure-to-file-annual-returns
Just goes to show, “You can’t vaccinate against stupid!“
well it looks like q-town may have to lock itself down due to the number of sick workers ‘open up for business’ bit of an own goal there lads, not that I actually care about q-town it’s not part of NZ and isn’t for Kiwis.
and when/if ‘HATEFEST 2022’ breaks up that’ll spread it like fleas on a dog.
hopefully short high spike but rolling high rates could last a while
I agree with you I must admit to being confused that as thinks get worst the government seems to be baling out . Are they trying to avoid blame or do they just have no answers .
They have had excellent support from the bulk of the population but I feel that support starting to fade . I am surprised at the support for the protestors . I think much of that is a support for someone sticking to the government rather than how they are doing it.. I feel that people will be thinking of it as a template for protest again 3 Waters inflation rent rises pay and conditions in health and education as they restructure. There is a lot of pe t up anger out there it seems
Like compliance and restrictions, pumping more money into the government just means more spending on shit. Whether it’s a blue or red government the never-ending increased funding just goes on bureaucrat inflation that even on an off-year must peak at 15% per annum.
Personally the solution is the exact opposite. Given them less so that departments have to have a come-to-Jesus meeting over “wants” and “needs”. Do we really need an army of PR consultants, diversity officers and climate advisors in every fucking government and local government department. Hint: It’s a rhetorical question.
It stems back to basic behaviorism – do not reinforce negative behaviors with positive outcomes. If you cuddle a dog after it shits on the carpet, then it continues to shit on the carpet.
After all these years you still don’t have a coherent definition of money and have the cheek to ask people like me what alternatives to capitalism I have. Get fucked.
A diversity officer in a corporate/government department are you Sammie? Rather than sling insults perhaps you can counter the argument above?
More Taxes and a bigger State.
Sure that’ll work; more stupid and bigger cock-ups.
Well it might work if we could get some real public service and parliamentary reform.
What we have now is a Public Service Act that is full of good intentions, with the same old faces who’ve grown up during the neo-liberal reign expected to drive the reforms.
Short of sending them to some Chinese style re-education centre, I don’t see much happening.
indeed the ideologically committed to the failed neo-lib project have to go, CS needs to be neutral advisors NOT advocates for a certain political position.
We are still free loading on the systems a bigger State once built up for us. Watching as they crumble from the neoliberal corrosion.
State = access to services [high functioning health system, good education pre-school/secondary/teriary, national infrastructure, police, judicial systems, parks & reserve management etc, etc, etc]
All the things that are pre-conditions for a cohesive, educated, decent society.
Yes please.
Lower taxes smaller state surely.
Proven recipe for disaster. Tried in 1980s and 90s, and produced all the opposite effects of what its proponents claimed.
yea if you wanna share the USAs 3rd world metrics..if you actively want NZ to be alabama just say so.
and actually if you include local taxes/sales taxes/costs of private health insurance yanks are taxed as high as the scandis but get fuck all for it…so yeah..NAW
I’ve done some numbers using algor..algrorh..numbers. Given our population of 5 million, we need to increase the state to say 3.3 million govt employees. Because of their productivity and the enormous turnover they would generate by ticking clipboards, ejecting proposals and making simple things difficult, they would generate so much tax, that the rest of us could simply live off the state. Perfect.
Well look, what exactly do you want the government to do? It’s all fine and dandy to say you want explicit instructions for each and every possible outcome that may affect each and every situation a citizen may face. The reality is the government has done as much as it can (RAT’s aside). They’ve got us very well vaccinated, they’ve explained that wearing masks in public offers the best protection. They’ve given us a set of protocols around what to do if you’re feeling unwell etc. The reality is it is up to us now. Common sense says the virus needs contact between people to spread. So limit your contact with people, keep your hygene up. And hope for the best. No government will keep Omicron from spreading once it’s in the community, and no government can come hold your hand every day and guide you through each decision you’re going to have to make in the course of your day.
RAT’s aren’t the silver bullet they’ve been made out to be. They’re handy in certain situations. But if you think every citizen is going to be testing themselves with a RAT every day before leaving the house….that’s not going to happen even if RAT’s were available. And given the cost of RAT’s I’ve seen quoted, even if freely available they would not be used by many people, and not very regularly by those that do buy them.
You must be bloody kidding.
Much of my family are unvaccinated. It’s not their employers* who waging war on them, it’s the state. The only reason we can pay the bills are because there are still parts of the economy out there that the state hasn’t stuck it’s fascist Pfizer loving fingers into.
It’s the state stopping our kids from playing sports and the state that has closed off libraries and public services to us.
We’ve just been raped by the state, why would we want to make its dick bigger?
* Some employers are; the ACT party loves the mandates because it’s another way to increase the employer-employee power imbalance.
So Sean what’s happening in your family. Is it in the gene pool that they won’t get vaccinated. Normally it’s an individual decision. Is there anti vax tutoring going on or what. Seems a bit strange to me. I’d like to think everyone gets to think for themselves.
The elephant in the room with you Righties is that you cannot/will not acknowledge how well NZ has done in the fight against the ravages of covid because of your strongly held belief that business comes before people. Shame on the lot of you for what is simply your greed.
because their position is based on ideology and ‘feel feels’ not facts.
That right cosmonought. Unlike Labour who never ever ever ever ever make policies based on ideology.
no LINOs have no ideology that’s the point, old cabage.
Regarding the MOB at parliament and the constant whine in social media about ‘freedom’.
Looks like they are a tiny minority. Most people seem to have been vaccinated and thus a small but vocal 5% of people feel that strongly.
“Overall, 96 per cent of eligible people (aged 12 and older) have had one dose of vaccine and 95 per cent have received two.
For Māori (eligible and aged 12 and older), 90 per cent have had their first dose and 86 per cent have received two.
For Pacific peoples (eligible and aged 12 and older), 97 per cent have had their first dose and 95 per cent have had their second dose.
Meanwhile, 46 per cent of the eligible children aged 5-11 have had a dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Twenty seven per cent of eligible Māori and 37 per cent of eligible Pacific children in this age group have had their first dose of the vaccine.
Today’s new border cases arrived from India (9), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Pakistan (2), UAE (5), UK (2) and the US (2).”
source, Granny Herald.
“…and no one really knows what the fuck is going on….”
I do, and if I do it can’t be that difficult for all you geniuses out there to get your heads around it.
The cadre of old blue kiwi crooks can’t afford having AO/NZ show up their thieving, stealing, cunning swindling ways by flourishing during a full lock down pandemic crises. It really is that simple.
They insisted we open ourselves up to getting sick and many will die as a result because they have lies that must remain hidden. Aye Boys? Sooner or later the penny will drop but fuck oh dear it’s slow in falling.
There’s only five million of us, we export far more than we can ever eat, our farmers are barely surviving from one year to the next and we have multi millionaires and multi billionaires who’ve never done an honest days work in their useless fucking lives ” and we don’t know what the fuck’s going on” Jesus wept.
Here he is. On cue.
rogers blood boy.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/461672/act-leader-david-seymour-meets-with-protesters-time-for-a-mature-de-escalation
The Left love the country being ruled over by the state they are incapable of looking after themselves needing the state to tell them what to do.
Your comments regards ACT are in contradiction to their manifesto.
let’s just put it this way the rightards would love a rightard BIG STATE , then you’d REALLY know about govt intervention in your private life…
Now its every woman, man and child left to cope with the virus. I listened to the gobbledegook on the live announcement today and wondered how many people firstly without computers/wifi, elderly who are not tech savvi are going to be able to get help or negotiate the minefield of aps to work their way thru the system to finally get help when they are gasping their last breath. Lordy me its a worrisome times we are entering into. I was shaking my head trying to make sense of of it. Yes, I am in my senior years but have rudimentary skills on the computer. I guess I just have to wing it on a prayer and hope for blessed intervention when the time comes.
As Martyn says “Brace yourselves for impact Comrades”
the digital devide is something the govt fails to even attempt to address…in the 1st lockdown my mate who’s a teacher in a mid decile school found about 20percent of the kids had no access to a device so got no teaching…the numbers must be higher in older/disadvantaged groups groups..the govt seems set on communicating and working solely in the digital environment is effectively disenfranchising a segment of the NZ population….a a start would be a cheap laptop and free internet and basic internet courses, with the goldcard.
of course given the key target demographics of BOTH parties this won’t happen.
if the govt is wedded to this process the deliberate disenfranchising of Kiwis needs to be addressed pronto, as does the blind rush to the ‘cashless society’ computer systems fail/are glitchy every day of every week.
NUFF SAID?
Martyn, you are always good for a laugh ‘You’re on your own kids, see everyone who survives on the other side, don’t forget to vote Labour’. All the more funny for being so utterly true. We were discussing tax this morn and you know, you arent wrong about the desperate need for tax reform.
This is the UK currently’
Personal Allowance Up to £12,570 0%
Basic rate £12,571 to £50,270 20%
Higher rate £50,271 to £150,000 40%
Additional rate over £150,000 45%
(Dont forget to double the amounts for comparison to NZ$)
Here’s NZ
p to $14,000 10.5%
Over $14,000 and up to $48,000 17.5%
Over $48,000 and up to $70,000 30%
Over $70,000 and up to $180,000 33%
Remaining income over $180,000 39%
Their VAT is 20% but it isnt put on anything the poorest need, see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-and-services#sport-leisure-culture-and-antiques
Pensions are paid tax free and if you’re an old codger you can earn up to NZ$25K (incl pension) tax free.
I’m beginning to think you are onto something MB . We should all be demanding equal rights with the citizens of the UK under the ToW!!
But seriously, there is something very wrong here comparing the 2. We need to turn our tax system upside down, get back to basics, our local town of 40K funds an art gallery for pity’s sake. Time for us to do things sensibly. Look after the poor, go after the rich and tourists. Stop wasting money on nice to haves and identity politics. Pretending we’re a first world nation when we should be sitting between the developing and developed nations. Keeping the lights on and the trains running.
like taxing income from rentals and capital gains???
and yes you’re right, some govt spending is just bollocks…no idea of the diff between ‘nice to have’ and ‘NEED TO HAVE’ and let’s face it this country has plenty of ‘need to haves’
Zombi
Taxing those under 14k is sick. That has to stop. Now, if we drilled our own oil and sold it, dug up our own coal instead of importing crap, and if we explored for vital minerals and if we got a bit more serious about industry, and we stopped wasting 15 billion, make it 30 billion, on a stupid already outdated train set that only services 17 people and take 3 hrs to get to he airport, we could have a tax system that only kicks in at 48k. We’d have so much money, we could double welfare payments. But we don’t, we just swirl the same money around.
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